Curling-tongs



(No Model.)

W. & W. H. LONSDALE. I

GURLING TONGS.

Patented Oct. 19, 1886.

\VILLIAM LONSDALE AND YVILLIAM H. LONSDALE, OF GRAND CROSSING, ILLINOIS.

-CURLING-TON GS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,331, dated October19, 1886.

(N model.)

invented certain new and Improved Ourling- Tongs; and we hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Our invention relates to the article of toilet used for curling andcrimping the hair, whether on the head or the face. It is our object toprovide such a device by the novel construction of which the articleshall be comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, but

eminently efficient for its purpose.

Our invention consists in the construction hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of our improvedcurling-tongs, showing the clamping portion in its normally-closedcondition; Fig. 2, a similar view showing the clamping portion opened;Fig. 3, a similar view to that shown in Fig. l, but partly in section,Fig. fit, aeross section taken through the clamping portion, and Fig. 5a sectional view on the line5 5 of Fig. 2.

A is the handle, formed of metal, preferably steel wire, of suitablesize, bent to cross itself, as shown at :v, and form a jaw, r, of thesame or substantially the same cross-section as the wire of the handle,and the part q, upon which the larger clainpingjaw B'is secured,preferably by drilling a hole in its end, heating "5 it and forcinginto-the hole the end q, upon which the jaw Bshrinhs in cooling, and thelatter is grooved, as shown at 12, Fig. 4, to receive the jaw 0'.

To use the device, the jaws are heated in the 0 common way, and thehandle is compressed in the hand, whereby the jaws l3 and 1- areseparated equally throughout their entire lengths to receive betweenthem the hair to be curled, which they clamp on relaxing the pressure of.45 the hand, holding the hair firmly to permit it to be rolled toproduce the curl.

This device which obviously, may also be used to advantage ascrimping-tongs, presents very great advantages, which are absent fromsimilar devices of different construction. It is made without a joint,and the automatic clamping effect is produced without the use of anextra spring, commonly provided in other devices of this nature near thepoint of crossingor pivotal point. Thecffect ofaspring being in ourdevice produced solely by the handle itself, the relative dimensions incross section of the jaw B and handle are such as to prevent the heat inthe former from readily transfusing itself over the handle, and therebycauses the part B to retain its heat for a l0ng time, and with its greateffectiveness in ac complis'hing its purpose it combines simplicity,cheapness of construction, and dura bility.

lVhat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Curling-tongs comprising, in combination, a handle, A, formed ofspringy metal, bent and crossed upon itself to produce a clamping-jaw,1", substantially equal in crosssection to the metal forming the handle,and

a grooved clznnping-jaw, B, greater in cross.

section than the clamping-jaw 1', parallel to it and fitting into itsgroove, whereby the device is formed without a joint, and the parallelclamping jaws are movable equally throughout their entire lengths,substantial] y as described.

2. Curling-tongs comprising, in combinanation, a handle, A, formed ofspringy metal, bent and crossed upon itself to produce a clampingjaw,1', equal in cross-section to the metal forming the handle, and an end,q, and a grooved clamping-jaw, B, secured upon the end q, and greater incross-section than the clamping-jaw 1', parallel to it and fitting intoits groove,whereby the device is formed without a joint, and theparallel clamping-jaws are movable equally throughout their entirelengths, substantially as described.

\VILLIAM LON SDALE. XVILLIAM H. LONSDALE. In presence of HENRY Henson,J. V. DYRENFoRTH.

